Learning from L.A. : institutional change in American public education /

Learning from L.A. : institutional change in American public education / Learning from Los Angeles Charles Taylor Kerchner ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2008. - viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-280) and index.

The progressives : founding an institution -- Withdrawing legitimacy : the first step in transformaton -- Exit and entrada : demographic change and politcal uncertainty -- Hollowing out : the demise of local control -- New ideas : stability in the face of turbulence -- LEARN : auditions of large-scale change -- LAAMP : enter Walter Annenberg -- Implementation : excitement and challenge in the schools -- Permanent crisis : a failing school district -- Charter schools : a parallel and converging universe -- Beyond crisis : structuring politics for a new institution -- Five policy levers : what we learned from L.A.

9781934742037 (Library ed.) 1934742031 (Library ed.) 9781934742020 (pbk.) 1934742023 (pbk.)

2008928881


Education and state--California--Los Angeles.
Educational change--California--Los Angeles.
Educational planning--California--Los Angeles.
Education--Aims and objectives--California--Los Angeles.
Educación--Estados Unidos.
Cambio educacional--California--Los Angeles.
Planificación educativa--California--Los Angeles.
Educación--Fines y objetivos--California--Los Angeles.

LC 90 / L438 2008

370.973